It’s also the only thing I’ll be able to talk about soon, so I’m going to leave it for another day. It’s the middle of Comic-Con, so let’s talk pop culture. Here’s a very brief update since my last blog…

Zero Theorem. Was super-excited for this, but missed it. Still haven’t watched the disc.

Men, Women & Children. Fantastic, which bears some relevance later.

Gone Girl. Fine. Not Fincher’s best.

Whiplash. Script-by-rote with one standout performance.

Fury. So very ALMOST a good and interesting film, but… not.

Birdman. Fucking AMAZING, and, yes, if you missed it, he’s dead.

Nightcrawler. Interesting take on the creep-as-photographer.

Horns. Stop. Don’t. You’ll regret it.

Interstellar. I really should have done a full review on this guy, but overall, I loved it.

The Imitation Game. An even more impressive and heartbreaking Breaking the Code.

Exodus. The final plague was this film.

Inherent Vice. Wait. Maybe the final plague was THIS film. Ugh.

American Sniper. Absented from its various propaganda, this is a mostly entertaining film about a basket case with good aim.

Blackhat. I’m one of the ten people who saw it, and I still don’t care.

Jupiter Ascending. WTF did I just watch? Is this movie a joke? Makes Fifth Element seems gritty and real.

SpongeBob: Sponge Out of Water. Don’t ask why, just know that seeing this movie while not on drugs is apparently a mistake.

Kingsman. Hated it. Thought the action sequences were over-the-top and silly. Cared about no one.

Chappie. Neil Blomkamp is now 1 for 3.

Ex Machina. The Unicorn & I seem to be the only people on Earth who thought this film was obvious and dull.

Avengers: Age of Ultron. Liked it better than the first Avengers, but needed to be half an hour longer.

Mad Max: Fury Road. The. Best. Movie. Of. The. Year.

Tomorrowland. Not the worst, but close. Damn, Brad Bird, really?

Inside Out. Stunning. The first Pixar movie in years that feels like Pixar.

The Overnight. This was way better when it was Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice.

Tangerine. I hate this movie so goddamned much. If I could drag this into an alley and kick it until it died from internal bleeding, I would do it.

Ant-Man. Thank Bob not every Marvel movie has to be about saving the world. Friggin’ awesome, and also, Giant Thomas!!!

Mr. Holmes. A little too saccharine around the edges, but still a fine performance.

The Fantastic Four. Every bit as bad as you heard. Every. Bit.

The Diary of a Teenage Girl. This movie is fantastic. Tiny and warm-hearted and real.

The Man From UNCLE. The Kingsman in the 60s. All style, ZERO substance.

A Walk in the Woods. I love this book so much I almost made myself like the film. Almost.

Black Mass. Between Johnny Depp’s hairpiece and his teeth, I forgot to watch the movie. Totally underwhelmed.

Sicario. Well, it’s gorgeous to look at.

The Martian. Loved it. This generation’s Apollo 13. Best Ridley Scott film in decades.

Steve Jobs. Seriously, was there a story here and I missed it? I know nothing about Jobs at the end I didn’t know going in. He starts and ends as an aesthetics-obsessed difficult dick. That’s not a movie.

Bridge of Spies. Feels like one of Frank Capra’s lesser efforts. This movie needed to be made in the 60s.

Rock the Kasbah. God, I wanted to like this… but, alas.

Brooklyn. Beatiful, simple, and delicate.

Spectre. This movie proves that even people you respect can make a monumental, expensive turd when they just don’t care.

The Big Short. Good overall, but feels a bit gimmicky.

Where to Invade Next. It’s a shame this got such lousy distribution because I think a lot of the Michael Moore-averse would have liked it. Really more about solutions to problems than pointing out the massive bullshit we put up with in this country.

The Revenant. Fucking gorgeous, but utterly without story. Two-plus hours of lovingly-photographed torture porn and a stunning achievement, but not a movie.

The Hateful Eight. Saw the roadshow engagement and loved it. Classic Tarantino. Not sure what the hate was about.

Hail, Caesar! The Coens doing golden age Hollywood and it was magical.

Deadpool. Dumb as a box of rocks, but what a blast. Should put the nail in the coffin of all other superhero movies at Fox, since they seem clueless.

Batman v Superman. Calling this giant disaster out as the pile of shit it is kind of feels like gut-punching a toddler with progeria at this point, but holy fuck is this a bad film.

Captain America: Civil War. Epic. Amazing. The best superhero film ever made. More than a great Marvel universe installment, this is just a great film.

X-Men: Apocalypse. Mentioning this because normally I would have been there opening night. Instead, I just couldn’t muster the interest to go. Still haven’t seen it, and have heard nothing compelling to make me want to fix that.

Finding Dory. Yeah, it’s pretty goddamned great.

There. We’re all caught up. Let me wrap up by listing the big summer blockbusters I have skipped or plan to skip. Once upon a time, I would have been at every one of these. Now…? Movies have become such a shitshow I just don’t have the patience. Not seeing: The Nice Guys, WarCraft, Independence Day Resurgence, Legend of Tarzan, Ghostbusters or Star Trek Beyond.

Must be getting old.

I’m going to try to blog four times a week, even if it’s a short blast. For next time, it’s no secret I’m a big fan of Jason Reitman. I love his films, and think he’s a gifted director, so I want to talk about his Hulu series Casual, and how it made me want to put my fist through the screen.